hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m leila torok. escalating tensions in the middle east. israel s military carries out attacks in syrian territory, casting a shadow over a weekend of religious celebrations were live in jerusalem with the latest abortion pill controversy will examine the contradictory rulings that led to a legal standoff over an established medication to induce abortion. and the cultural war debate over transgender athletes will speak to a 13 year old transgender cross country runner and his mother on their experience with discrimination. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with laila harre. one of the holiest times of the year, is now underway in jerusalem, religious events of different faiths are being observed from easter sunday mass to prayers during ramadan to the passover priestly blessing happening right now, with thousands of worshippers gathering at jerusalem s western wall. earlier
for education in the first place? [cheers and applause] college should be free because guess what? when we get out, we are contributing to the society and this democracy and this economy and making it stronger. dana: david spunt live-out side court for us this morning. good morning. no matter where you land in this fiery debate i have yet to meet someone that has not formed some sort of opinion on this issue. off to my right you can hear noise. demonstrators have been out here since 3:00 p.m. yesterday fighting for the president s plan and fighting for this student loan forgiveness. some slept outside hoping to get a seat inside the court today lining up very early to watch this process unfold. if the justices rule in favor of the president, millions of people could have up to $20,000 in student loan debt wiped out. our government is supposed to be about people, right? they shouldn t be making money off of us going to school or seeking higher education. it shouldn t hap
cnn newsroom, the message from ukrainian president vlodymyr zelenskyy to western allies gathered in munich, a live report just ahead, the murdaugh murder trial enters a new phase as the prosecution rests its case. and concerns about artificial intelligence after microsoft s chat bot gave users dark unsettling responses, you ll want to see it live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. few hours from now, u.s. vice president kamala harris is expected to deliver a major speak at the munich security conference, the u.s. has been a big supplier of weapons and equipment to ukraine and harris is leading a large american delegation to that conference. friday, she met with french president emmanuel macron who said europe s stability depends on defeating russia in ukraine and worth noting that no russian officials were invited to the conference, cnn nick robertson is covering it for us in munich and joins us with latest. i have to say nick, you re a veteran of t
with the grand jury investigating donald trump s attempts to overturn the election and his role on january 6. the former president reacting to john allen. mr. president, what do you think of mike pence testifying today? i don t know what he said. i have a lot of confidence in him. pressure rising. calls for president biden and house speaker mccarthy to restart talks on raising the debt ceiling and mounting fears over the real-world impact of a potential and historic u.s. default. good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. for the first time in modern history a vice president has testified in a criminal probe about the president he once served. mike pence spent seven hours before the grand jury thursday in the special counsel s investigation of donald trump s attempts to stop the peaceful transfer of power and trump s role in the capitol attack. pence was brought in by jack smith early in the morning thursday after just the night before the appeals court rejected don
this live from london. this is bbc news. the uk s deputy prime minister resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. over 400 now killed in fighting between rival military factions in sudan as the international community pushes again for a ceasefire. allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. two months on from the deadly earthquakes in turkey and syria, our correspondent visits survivors. and why you do not need to be fit to climb everest. now we can go to the sport headlines. hello from the bbc sport centre. a blow for the lionesses ahead of the women s world cup later this year england captain leah williamson has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. the arsenal midfielder fell awkwardly during their wsl defeat against manchester united on wednesday and the club have confirmed she s set for an extended period on the sidelines . our sports reporter jane dougall has more. we have confirmation from her club arsenal a short time ago confi